IMF: Global economy steady but risks abound

Washington (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday that the global economy remains tepid, with slowdowns in emerging markets offsetting progress in the Japanese and European economies.

Now Germany is getting ready for Greece to default too

Tsipras address a news conference following talks at the Chancellery in Berlin March 23, 2015.Germany is working on a plan to keep Greece in the eurozone if the country defaults on its debt, according to weekly newspaper Die Zeit.

More doubts about the U.S. and China than the euro zone

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Investors will cast a wary eye on the latest gauges of the United States' economic health this week, while troubled Europe shows early signs of turning the corner.

Buoyed by QE's solid start, ECB policymakers set to meet

The European Central Bank's decision makers meet Wednesday buoyed by the successful debut of a mass bond-buying spree designed to kickstart growth and will likely quash talk of it wrapping up early.

Germany is imperiling the world economy by refusing to accept free money

The German government should go spend a bunch of money on something. Ideally a critically useful infrastructure project, given the country's large apparent needs on that front — but failing that, even a pretty blah project would be good.